ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,748, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY JAPAN G.K. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Electric connector unit for connecting a shielded cable with a plurality of inner cables to an electric connector" was invented by Nobuhiro Yamasaki (Kawasaki, Japan) and Chiyin Li (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric connector unit comprises a connector and a cable connected thereto. The connector includes a terminal housing having an opening, and a shell attached to the terminal housing and having a shield fixation portion inserted into the opening. The cable comprises an inner cable bundle having a plurality of inner cable...